Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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Page 20
... manner . Benedick and Beatrice throw Mirabel and Millamant into the shade . All the good sayings of the facetious houses of Absolute and Surface might have been clipped from the single character of Falstaff , without being missed . It ...
... manner . Benedick and Beatrice throw Mirabel and Millamant into the shade . All the good sayings of the facetious houses of Absolute and Surface might have been clipped from the single character of Falstaff , without being missed . It ...
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... manner in which it is developed from the modern fashion of composition . The lover remains in the country and the heroine in her chamber during the whole action , leaving their fate to be decided by a foolish father , a cunning mother ...
... manner in which it is developed from the modern fashion of composition . The lover remains in the country and the heroine in her chamber during the whole action , leaving their fate to be decided by a foolish father , a cunning mother ...
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... manner and ambiguous style , the dignity of those whom he represented , he was to plunge into all the intrigues of the Court at which he resided , to discover and flatter every weakness of the prince , and of the favourite who governed ...
... manner and ambiguous style , the dignity of those whom he represented , he was to plunge into all the intrigues of the Court at which he resided , to discover and flatter every weakness of the prince , and of the favourite who governed ...
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... manner . We find our- selves introduced into the presence of the men who , during twenty eventful years , swayed the ... manners which masked the insatiable ambition and the implacable hatred of Cæsar Borgia . We have mentioned Cæsar ...
... manner . We find our- selves introduced into the presence of the men who , during twenty eventful years , swayed the ... manners which masked the insatiable ambition and the implacable hatred of Cæsar Borgia . We have mentioned Cæsar ...
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... manner of a writer , is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings . The judicious and candid mind of Machiavelli shows itself in his luminous , manly , and polished language . The style of Mon- tesquieu , on the other hand ...
... manner of a writer , is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings . The judicious and candid mind of Machiavelli shows itself in his luminous , manly , and polished language . The style of Mon- tesquieu , on the other hand ...
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